“O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.” Psalm 139:1
I love the Psalms. I find myself pulled to them whenever my Bible lays open on my lap. They offer so much wisdom and insight to our lives. By far, my favorite is Psalm 139.
In a culture that teaches us to be guarded about our true selves it’s refreshing and a little intimidating that God knows us so well. Listen to how well your God knows you. “Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.” Psalm 139:2-4
God knows where you go. Remember the song you learned when you where little. Oh be careful little feet where you go….. How true the ending is- for the Father up above is looking down with love, so be careful little feet where you go. Have your little feet taken you places you ought not to go? I know mine have. We would do well to remember that God knows our downsitting and uprising.
He knows and understands your thoughts. I am amazed by this. Sometimes a thought will pop into my head and I’ll wonder, “Where did that come from?” God knows. Of the thousands of thoughts we have every day, God knows them all. Think about that. For the nine of us in this book club, with an average of 12,000 thoughts a day, God hears and understands all 108,000 of them. Wow! For our church of 562 individuals that’s 6,744,000 thoughts. And God knows them all. All SIX MILLION+ of them. Our God is amazing! For the population of Ocoee- 292,692,000 thoughts. For the population of the US- 3,731,568,000,000. That’s TRILLIONS of thoughts for just one day. Just think what the worlds would be……
Not only does God know where we are and every thought we have, but he knows all our ways and every word we speak. I don’t know about you, but for me that’s a lot of words! Daunting thought isn't it? Especially when we think of what we think and say. I love Lysa's advice on this subject. You can read about it at http://lysaterkeurst.com/?s=psalm+139
Francis made a good point about this in the section on God is all-knowing. He says, “He (God) knows each of us, deeply and specifically. He knows our thoughts before we think them (Wow!!!), our actions before we commit them, whether we are lying down or sitting or walking around. He knows who we are and what we are about. We cannot escape Him, not even if we wanted to. When I grow weary of trying to be faithful to Him and want a break, it doesn’t come as a surprise to God.”
God knows it all. If you aren’t familiar with Psalms 139 take a moment to read it. I always feel greatly comforted by it. I’ll leave you with my favorite part.
“How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.” Psalm 139:17-18
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